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Newcastle's No9 Salomon Rondon jumps for joy in front of the away fans at Huddersfield on Saturday (Image: Getty)

Asked if Newcastle could net him permanently from West Brom, Benitez said: "It will be fine. Hopefully he can start scoring a lot of goals, and then you can ask me this in a few weeks and hopefully it can be positive then, too.

"He has not surprised me. He knows he can improve - so he will work hard. His strength maybe is to hold the ball.

Rondon struck in the second half in a ruthless break. Despite having just 23pc possession all match, a clever Ayoze Perez ball opened up the game for Javier Manquillo to cross for Rondon to slash home.

Rondon's Saturday night was only slightly ruined by taking almost an hour after full time to produce his urine sample for drug testers.

He said: "We are very happy after losing at home last week we had to fight for the team. We had to win this game, a very physical game. It was important for the team and the fans and Newcastle United. We did a disciplined performance."

Newcastle have four wins in seven games including a draw - some recovery after no wins in ten at the start of the season.